Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

HOLSTEINS FOR CHEESE.

Tho Hohtoin brood of cows compares I with any for tho purpose oi cheossoinaidng. Tho cow that yields bOOOIb. ' " 12,(ib01h of milk when 12 to 13 *« wut. of soiids, will produce 1080 b to loCOlb'of total solids per year, while JLIv that gu-cs only OClOOlboto per omit, fat milk por year will, even it tho total solids rane,c. ironi LJ ti. lo I*l cent only provide /80lb to 9001b. ol -o'lid's. It is obvious that more cheese S bo made from 15G0 b. than Irom JJOOIb of solids. Holstem cattle possess the power to transmute, ho Ughagc ol" the farm into valuable products. They are very hardy, and 'a gotten kft in. the open yards thoroughout tho winier, so that tno> art- economical in this respect also. A h ge owner of this class of stock, after » careful examination or h>s oxpendituro in every respect, states that tho avora.ro yearly cost ot his cattle is £16. lie .ays also that m throo wars one of his young «>WB yicldod 3520 Rnllons of milk, tho price obtained lor which was £132, being at the- rate of 9d per gallon, while her three, calves, sold at birth, realised in tho aggro<rnto C 25. From this cow, therefore, C 157 accrued. Her' cost of keep ior the period was £48, leaving a not gain of £109 ea the one animal in three years at the expiration of which time the cow was not six years old, and was milking to the extent of four gal-1 lons por day. No dairy cow, after j ber career as a milk-producer is ended, fattens more readily for the butcher than the Dutch, for in reality the cattle are dual-purposo animals, although for generations the breed has been developed more in the direction or. milk than beef. Strictly speaking, tho breed comprises three groups:— 1) Black and black and white, which are tho largest animals, and con bo distinguished by a white spot or b axo on the. forehead ; (2) black, with white head, and (3) the ml (dun) or red (dim) and white. The first group^ or tribe are the heaviest mi.kens.tno second the best to fatten, whilo the. third typo hold tho moan between th? other two. In this country these three families have become more or less intermixed, although tk c dffsprnig arc none the less pure. Dutch animals, true to tho breed in every way. This year the breed was recognised by thr> oner of (■lasses and prizes at the Royal and Tring sliowb, wiiere tho specimens exhibited created a most favourable, impression. At tho Hatiield show a pair of Diiteh animals obtained the secoiKlpri«.-> in the class for the dairy cows.

This article text was automatically generated and may include errors. View the full page to see article in its original form.
Permanent link to this item

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC19120330.2.50.1

Bibliographic details

Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13379, 30 March 1912, Page 8

Word Count
452

HOLSTEINS FOR CHEESE. Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13379, 30 March 1912, Page 8

HOLSTEINS FOR CHEESE. Colonist, Volume LIV, Issue 13379, 30 March 1912, Page 8